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Funding for Women-Owned Businesses

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Female entrepreneurship has been on a steady rise in the United States, with the number of women-owned businesses nearly doubling between 1997 and 2017. Today, almost 40 percent of the nation’s privately held companies are owned by women, and women launch an average of 1,000 businesses per day. Black Female Founders.

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

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Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays. The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays. Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. Todays Small Business News | Daily. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business. RUNNING A BUSINESS. Financing A Small Business.

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10 Tips To Help You Build A Successful Small Business Brand

Duct Tape Marketing

How can a small business develop a strong brand on a tiny budget? Small businesses have many opportunities to build online and offline communities. For example, you can build online communities on Twitter, Facebook, your small business blog, on Instagram, or on other social networks. Find your voice.

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Leadership Lessons To Help Guide You To Excellence

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Leadership Lessons To Help Guide You To Excellence written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Tom is coauthor of In Search of Excellence—the book that changed the way the world does business and is often tagged as the best business book ever. I started focusing on more women in leadership position years ago.

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Paying Lip Service to Developing Entrepreneurs

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Younger people are not starting businesses like they used to. in 1997 to 24.7 The percentage of new entrepreneurs who are women has also dropped significantly since 1997. Let’s challenge government officials who spout rhetoric about personal responsibility but don’t support small business.

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The Communication Secrets Of The World’s Greatest Salesman

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As a student of leadership and communication, he learned to elevate the way Amazonians write, collaborate, innovate, pitch, and present. He created a scalable model that grew from a small team in a Seattle garage to one of the world’s largest employers. I have a lot of small business owners show whisperers.

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Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

I have been swinging for the fences for several years as a young entrepreneur at the executive leadership level for several start-ups and most recently starting my own. As you may remember, I was lucky enough to have recieved, at your hands, the beating I so richly deserved back in 1997 while at ONETOUCH Systems. Life is good.